Saturday, February 26 was the 79th anniversary of the birth of the great American music icon Johnny Cash, and to celebrate the occasion tribute artist Harold Ford and his Nippertown all-star Cash Band rumbled through the long and glorious song catalog of the Man in Black in concert at The Egg in Albany.

Ford and his band – which featured guitarists Sten Isachsen and Les Wheeler, drummer Peter Maine and stand-up bassist Mitch Throop, as well as vocalist Laura Lucy singing the June Carter Cash parts – made the most of the birthday by also celebrating the release of their debut CD, “Live in Concert: The Spirit, a Tribute to Johnny Cash,” which was recorded in November at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica.

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